Welcome back to Fan Chant, a weekly column for K-pop fans, stans, and newbies alike. This week, we chat with DINO from SEVENTEEN about his new mixtape. Also, if you love reading Fan Chant, don’t forget to subscribe to my companion newsletter to get it delivered right to your inbox!
It’s been genuinely joyful watching SEVENTEEN, now in the eighth year of their career, achieve more global success than ever. In its first week, their 10th mini-album, FML, became the most-sold K-pop album of all time when 4.55 million copies flew off shelves. Then, at this week’s MAMA Awards, they received daesang (the Korean word for a top prize at annual music awards shows) for Album of the Year for the first time in their nearly decade-long career.
The group’s youngest member DINO has a lot to celebrate this week, including the release of his solo mixtape. As part of SEVENTEEN’s solo mixtape project, The Thirteen Tapes, DINO follows in the footsteps of his older brothers HOSHI, VERNON, and WOOZI. Co-written with bandmate WOOZI, “Wait” makes room for DINO to flex his strength as a dancer, particularly in the chorus.
Even in a quick check-in, it’s clear how much DINO values and trusts his members — in our brief email chat, he sings their praises at every opportunity. Watch the music video for “Wait” below, and read on for the full interview with SEVENTEEN’s DINO.
